FIGHTING FOR ALL OF AUSTIN

ACTION ALERT: Contact the Austin City Council Today and Tell Them Not to Increase the CodeNEXT Budget

The California-based consultants in charge of the controversial CodeNEXT project have busted their budget, and now they’re begging taxpayers for millions more.

Tomorrow, the Austin City Council could vote to approve another $2 million for Opticos Design, inflating CodeNEXT’s original cost estimate by more than 400 percent. The company has failed to meet the city’s minority-hiring requirements and is widely believed to be moving CodeNEXT in the wrong direction, but that isn’t stopping their consultants from burning through taxpayer dollars at an unprecedented rate.

Enough is enough! Download this letter and email it to the Austin City Council today, or call council members and ask them to do the following:

Refuse the CodeNEXT consultants’ request for more money

Remove the consultants and city staff who are moving CodeNEXT in the wrong direction

Pause CodeNEXT, spend time talking to concerned voters, and then rethink the project